Improved distilling-apparatus for spirits



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FRANK SONIER, 0F SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.-

Letters Patent No. 95,740, dated October 12, 1869.

, The Schedule re/ferred to in these Letters Patent and making of thesame To all whom it may concern:

' of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improved Distillery; anddo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,Inaking a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan viewof my improved apparatus;

Figure 2 is an end elevation Figure 3 is a front elevation;

Figure 4 is a vertical central section of the mash reservoir and heater;and y l Figure 5 is a -broken plan view, showing the conneet-ion betweenthe stills and doubler.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

My invention consists principally in combining two or more stills with a'steameboiler, so that the hot water and steam contained within thelatter may furnish the necessary heat required by the former.A

It further consists in so combining two or more stills with a doubler-ormash-heater, as to enablesaid .stills to be alternately charged andworked off through each other and through the doubler.

It further consists in combining two or more stills with a doubler andboiler, substantially as hereinafter shown.

It further consists in the combinationof the boiler, one `or morestills, and the mash-heater, as is hereinafter specified.

It further consists in the general combination of' the various parts oftheapparatus, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In the annexed drawing- A represents a steam-boiler, semicircular uponits sides and bottom, and fiat upon its upper side, in which arepartially inserted. two stills, B and C, ofthe lform shown in thedrawings.

Situated above and in rear of the boiler is a tub, D, for containing thefresh mash, which is 'connected with the stills by two pipes,'E and E,that pass out through the side ofsaid tub, near its bottom, and entersaid stills just above the top of the boiler, and furnish a means forconveying the mash from said tub or reservoir to either still, as may bedesired,

Projecting upward from the top of the boiler A, at its front centre,is apipe, F, having its upper end connected with a branch pipe, f and f, oneendof whih'extends downward through the -upper shell-or portion of eachstill, and terminates near its bottom, and furnishesa passage throughwhich the steam generated within the boiler may enter said stills.'

A three-way cock, j, situated at the junction of the pipe F with thebranch pipe, enables the steam to be directed to either still, or shutoff from both, at will.

G and G represent two Siphon-shaped pipes, having each a long and ashort arm, which connectv the stills together, andare so arranged asthat the long arm of one pipeand the short arm of the other terminatewithin each still, the former extendingl to near the bottom of thestill, while the short arm only passes through the upper shell. Y

. A suitable cock, g or g', in each pipe, enables comthe bottom of thedoubler and is also connected with the stills by means of the branchpipe k and k, the ends of which terminate just within said stills.

Three-way cocks, if and It', placed at the `junction of the pipes I andK respectively, with vthe branch pipes, permit communication to be hadbetween the doubler and either still, through either pipe, as may bedesired. y

Passing upward from the upper end of the doubler H, is a pipe, L, whichfrom thence curves to the rear, and entering the mash-tub D,near itsbottom, passes upward in a spiral vform to near the top of said tub, andfrom thence extends outward and downward until it enters the condenserM, placed immediately beneath said mash-tub, when it vagain assumesaspiral form, andtinally passes 'out through the side of said condenser,near its lower end. l

' A pipe', N, passes downward from vthe bottom ot' each still, and fromthence outward through the side of the boiler, where it isv providedwith a cock, n, furnishing an outlet through which the exhausted mashmay be discharged from said still.

. vThe device is now completeyand is operated as follows:

The reservoir or .heater being.` supplied with fresh mash, the cocks inthe pipes -E and E are opened so as to allow itfto pass into and nearlyfill the stills B and C, after which the boiler A is nearly filled withwater, and the same caused to boil, by which means the contents of saidstills are suitably heated, and distillation commences.

`one ofthe stills, B, near its bottom, from whence it Y still, and fromthence rises upward through its conthe'lower part of the doubler H,which is partially `and the first still B assists in the distillation ofthe Amash within the second still, until the contents of `duced from theheater or reservoir D, after which charged still B, and from thence intothe doubler.

`by which means the temperature of said vapor is 4 the end ofthe pipeinto a suitable receptacle.

The cock f', at the junction of the steam-pipe F and branch pipes fandf, is so adjusted as to cause the steam generated within the boiler topass into rises through the mash containedV therein, and minfgles withthe steam -in the upper part of said still.

One of the communicating-pipes, G, being opened, the vapor from `theupper part of the still B passes through and escapes near the bottom ofthesecond tents, and uniting with the vapor given o" by said mash,passes out through the pipes 7c and K into filled with low-wine, andfrom thence, by means of the pipeL, through. the mash-'heater -D andcon- By thisarrangement, `the vapofrom the boiler the former areexhausted, when, b'y closing the communication between `it and the'secondv still C, and the doubler H, and opening the cock n, saidcontents willbe discharged, and a fresh -supply may be introtheconnection `between `the boiler, stills, and doubler is to be changed soas to canse the steam to pass through the partially-exhausted still.Cinto the freshly- During the process of distillation, the-vapor passving oli' through the pipe L, within the mash-tub D, gives off a portionof its heat to the mash contained therein, and thus assists in preparingit for the stills,

sufficiently reduced to causethe lowwines contained therein to becondensed, while the high-wine passes onward through said pipe andthrough the condenser M, where-it is also condensed, and ows out throughThe low-wine condensed within the pipe L, contained within the mash-tubor heater D, flows backward through 4said pipeinto the doubler H, but,if desired, .an additional pipe may be connected with said pipe L,immediately outside of said heater D, and from thence extend into thedoubler,'for the purpose of furnishing an independent channel throughwhich the lowwines may pass into said doubler.

By means of the pipes K and k, the low-wines contained within thedoubler may be drawn olf into the stills, and redstilled as often as maybe desired.y

The advantages possessed by this apparatus consist principally in theapplication of heat to the stills by means of hot Water and steam, as byit greater economy in the use of fuel is secured, almere uniformtemperature maintained, and a better result obtained.

savio Another advantage arises from the combination of two or morestills l with each other, and with the doubler andmash-heater, wherebythe stills maybe used independently or in combination with each other,and in the latter "event, alternately charged, so that neither time `norfuel shall be wasted, and the process of distillation nninterruptedlycontinued.

A further advantage is obtained by the construction and arrangement ofthe stills and doubler, by means of which the`product's of 'one\ stillmay be passed through the contents of the second still, and assist inthe distillation of the same, and, at the :same time, produce a betterresult than would otherwise be obtainable.

In addition to the foregoing, the various parts are l so combined andarranged as to occupy the least p0ssible space, whereby an `importantsaving is eiected, not only in the size and cost of the buildingrequired,

but also in the apparatus itself, as the length, and i consequently costof the connecting-pipes are much What I claim as new, and .desire tosecureby Let-` i ters Patent, is-

Gombining `two'-ormore-stills with a steam-boiler,` y

substantially as and forthe purpose specified. y

Also, combining two ormore stills with a doubler, H, vand mash-heater,D,so as to per'mit said stills to be alternately charged and worked offthrough each otherand through the doubler, substantially as shown,l andfor the purpose specified.

Also, combining one or more stills,B or 4(l, with the doubler H andboiler A, substantially as herein l shown and described.

Also, the combination of the boiler A, one or more.

stills, B or C, and the mash-heater D, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

Also, the combination of the stills Bland (land l pipes G and G',substantially as shown and described.

Also, the combination of' the stills Band C, the` pipes I, t, K, andk,'and the doubler H, substantially as described and for the purposeshown.

Also, the combination of the pipes F and f with the boiler A and stills.B and O, substantially as shown, and for theA purpose specified.

Also, the combination of the doubler H and -pipe L with the mash-heaterD and condenser M, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

Also, the general combination of the various parts of the apparatus,substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have lligglmto set my hand,this 2d day of September,

FRANK SONIER.

Witnesses Gno. 0. Manor, G. M. Mosman.`

